University of North Texas Mean Green Football

Apogee Stadium

In a Nutshell

The Mean Green continue to roll through their 2014 season at Apogee Stadium behind a staunch defense and high-scoring offense,

The Fine Print

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The Scouting Report

During their first two victories this season, the Mean Green demonstrated the same dominating defensive play that led them to a 9-4 record and a bowl victory last season. The offense, however, has made a push to become the team’s most valuable asset. Squaring off against SMU and Nicholls State in those two games, the Mean Green scored a whopping 120 points while allowing just 9. A 77-3 victory over Nicholls State on September 20 was particularly impressive, since it marked one of the most lopsided wins in school history. In upcoming match-ups against Southern Miss and Florida International, the Mean Green will attempt to repeat that feat en route to another bowl game.

North Texas Mean Green

In 1922, University of North Texas students elected the “Eagles” as the school’s new moniker. Nearly a century later, UNT students still make the eagle hand claw—a sign of unity that’s far more acceptable than if everyone wrote the same midterm paper. However, it turns out the Eagles nickname wasn’t meant to stick.

In the late 1960s, the UNT football team featured a ferocious defense that became widely known as the “Mean Green.” The exact origin of that name is up for debate, but many trace it back to “Mean” Joe Greene, a member of that defense who went on to lead the legendary Steel Curtain for the Pittsburgh Steelers. No matter the case, modern-day UNT athletics compete as the Mean Green, and as of June 2013, they do so as part of Conference USA.